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masklinn 16 hours ago

These are… completely unrelated ratings?

The heat pump generates 162MWt, at the cost of around 50MWe.

The nuclear reactor produces 1.6GWe alongside 4.5GWt.

Furthermore the listed costs are also unrelated: the 235 millions are for the bare units (and an estimate for something a few years out), while the 8bn are turnkey (of what exactly I’m not sure: the beleaguered Olkiluoto 3 and flamanville 3 cost 11~12bn, while Taishan is estimated at under 8 for two reactors).

looofooo0 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

1.6GWe gives you 3.2GWt max alongside. In more modern this is even less. Of the 100% energy produced 33-38% will end up in the electric grid.

cyberax 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm just comparing the magnitudes here. A nuclear reactor powering dumb cheap resistive heaters is just several times more expensive than the heat pumps.

But unlike these heat pumps, the reactor doesn't need electricity.